Variations in microclimate in a conifer swamp
deeryard in northern Michigan.
1992), which involved a developer whose application for a building pennit for a residential subdivision - already downsized to accommodate a
deeryard which the developer discovered after purchasing the land - was denied by Vermont's District III Environmental Commission on the ground that the proposed development violated the state,s growth control regulations.
Bongartz,(109) addressing Vermont's denial of a permit for a vacation home development that would overlap a state-protected "deeryard area."(110) The court found no physical taking based on the invading deer, explaining that the developer had not met what the court construed to be the Supreme Court's criteria for a compensable permanent physical occupation.(111) First, the developer had not lost the right to possess the deeryard area, nor to exclude the deer.
The opinion defines "deeryard area" as "winter habitat for white-tailed deer," as identified on a state-prepared deeryard map.
Comparison of a
deeryard and a mooseyard in Nova Scotia.
In 1996 there were more infected gastropods in
deeryard areas (5.3 [+ or -] 6.3 SD) than in areas inhabited by moose (1.3 [+ or -] 1.0 SD) (U = 13.5, [n.sub.1] = 4, [n.sub.2] = 6, P = 0.07).
Deer-cedar interactions during a period of mild winters: implications for conservation of conifer swamp
deeryards in the Great Lakes Region.
Migration and seasonal range dynamics of deer using adjacent
deeryards in northern Michigan.
Northern white-tailed deer migrate to winter cover between November and December each year and congregate in
deeryards.
Deeryards are areas of conifer forest that intercept snow, leaving less snow on the ground, providing thermal cover, and allowing for more deer mobility.
Forest management can be crucial to maintaining wildlife habitats--in the
deeryards of the Northeast, for example.
(1971) reported mean DPB for quaking aspen (3.1-3.9 mm) and beaked hazel (2.6-3.0 mm) for two
deeryards in northern Minnesota.